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Sydney Sweeney’s X account hacked to promote crypto memecoin

The self-proclaimed hacker behind Sydney Sweeney’s X account also claims they were behind similar recent hacks on 50 Cent and Hulk Hogan.

The X account of American actress Sydney Sweeney was hacked with now-deleted posts promoting a crypto token bearing her name in an apparent pump-and-dump scheme.

The Solana-based token SWEENEY amassed over $10 million in trading volume within two hours of its launch on July 2, bolstered by several promotional posts made from Sweeney’s X account.

“Well I think it’s time… $sweeney is now live 100mc incoming,” said one of Sweeney’s now-deleted X posts shared online, which Cointelegraph could not independently verify.

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